Global warming isn't just a threat to our coastal communities: but to our health. Why?

NZ businesses may be caught out by sweeping new privacy laws about to take effect in EU.

Genome-editing can eliminate the risk to young children.

Study of Growing up in New Zealand turns 10 years old

Scientists have uncovered evidence of one of the first Polynesian settlements in Aotearoa.

COMMENT: New software can now empower computers to write new songs.

Think your kids are big eaters? Check out what this monster black hole can wolf down.

Two sub-seafloor quake labs begin "listening" to NZ's high-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

Can Budget's $1b for tax incentive lift New Zealand's "woeful" spend on business R&D?

New videos show what would happen in a major quake along NZ's big-risk Alpine Fault.

Science versus the roar of the crowd - what sort of justice does New Zealand want?

Changes in Earth's orbit have influenced evolution - and extinction - over 450m years.

Group of scientists studying dark energy believe alien life may exist in other universes.

The famous thinker discusses black holes - those in space, and those in cyber-space.

Boston Dynamics will start selling the robots next year.

The late cosmologist Stephen Hawking's final theory on the universe has been published.

Suntan or sunburn – we all respond differently to exposure to the sun.

Does the five-second rule work? And is that medium-rare burger okay?

Scientists are warning against buying a $4000 water machine.

All staff spoken to said it had been a great company to work for.

Renowned chemist humbled to be joining a fellowship that includes her childhood heroes.

Scientists have just detected a record, seven-storey-high wave in the Southern Ocean.

Auckland's volcano field is quiet now - but it could be even more explosive than Kilauea.

Making materials from tiny amounts of our natural resources could combat climate change.

A jumping spider named Kim could help scientists create micro-robots.

More exposure to our natural environment could help asthmatic kids like Zarika Lutske.

Abstinence is the key to old age. At least if you're a female smooth stick insect.

Niwa is about to attempt one of the most challenging underwater experiments ever.

Danish researchers have found a way to keep weight off eating chips, pizza and burgers.

An unusually shaped scientific research ship, Joides Resolution, is docked in Auckland.